Physical Oceanography
Introduction to the Indian Ocean
Hood, R. R., Ummenhofer, C. C., Phillips, H. E., & Sprintall, J. (2024). Introduction to the Indian Ocean. In C. C. Ummenhofer & R. R. Hood (Eds.), The Indian Ocean and…
Read MoreChapter 3: Past, present, and future of the South Asian monsoon
Ummenhofer, C.C., Geen, R., Denniston, R.F., and Rao, M.P. (2024). Chapter 3: Past, present, and future of the South Asian monsoon. In: The Indian Ocean and its role in the…
Read MoreWHOI Physical Oceanographer publishes peer-reviewed book about the Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean and Its Role in the Global Climate System takes a deep dive into warming trends and extreme weather events
Read MoreChapter 7 Impacts of the Indian Ocean on regional and global climate
Ummenhofer, C. C., Taschetto, A., Izumo, T., & Luo, J.-J. (2024). Chapter 7 Impacts of the Indian Ocean on regional and global climate. In C.C. Ummenhofer & R. R. Hood…
Read MoreResearch Assistant II Anna Pinckney
Research Assistant II Anna Pinckney joins WHO’s PO Department.
Read MoreWHOI PO at 2024 European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, Austria
PO Joint Program students, postdocs, and scientific staff attended the 2024 EGU Meeting in Vienna, Austria, this week to share project results with the international research community. Pictured (left to…
Read MoreTeam Turns Around Internal Wave Resolving Array West of California
As part of the National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP) Global Internal Wave study (NGIW), the Internal Wave Resolving (IWR) Array team…
Read MoreSea Surface Temperature Research Provides Clear Evidence of Human-Caused Climate Change
New oceanic research provides clear evidence of a human “fingerprint” on climate change and shows that specific signals from human activities have altered the seasonal cycle amplitude of sea surface temperatures.
Read MoreSunset in Megansett Harbor
Sunset behind osprey nest in Megansett Harbor. Photo by Glen Gawarkiewicz.
Read MoreWHOI Scientists Test Prototype Water-Level Sensor
Did you know 43% of Massachusetts’ population lives in a coastal community?
Read MoreCelebrating Pi Day with Chris Piecuch
Celebrate “Pi Day” by getting to know WHOI physical oceanographer Chris Piecuch!
Read MorePO graduate students help organize the 17th Graduate Climate Conference in Woods Hole
The 17th annual Graduate Climate Conference (GCC) was held on November 2 – 4, 2023, hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the first…
Read MoreCollaboration to monitor sea, weather, and wildlife
The U.S. DOE, WHOI, and partners to collect data near an East Coast offshore wind site
Read MoreSylvia Cole
Physical Oceanographer
Read MoreImpact of atmospheric circulation variability on U.S. Midwest moisture sources
Carr, T., & Ummenhofer, C. C. (2024). Impact of atmospheric circulation variability on U.S. Midwest moisture sources. Journal of Climate, 37, 59-75. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0178.1 Estimates of future changes in precipitation over land are…
Read MoreOn the role of wind–evaporation–SST feedbacks in the subseasonal variability of the east Pacific ITCZ
Ganguly, I., A. O. Gonzalez, and K. B. Karnauskas, 2023: On the Role of Wind–Evaporation–SST Feedbacks in the Subseasonal Variability of the East Pacific ITCZ. J. Climate, 37, 129–143, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0849.1. Observed precipitation (shaded)…
Read MorePostdoctoral Scholar Roger Creel
Postdoctoral Scholar Roger Creel joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreMIT-WHOI Joint Program Student Orientation Cruise, November 2023
In November 2023, a team of 20 MIT-WHOI Joint Program students steamed out on R/V Neil Armstrong for a 50h introductory research cruise. For many of them, this was the…
Read MorePO Runs Falmouth in the Fall
Assistant Scientist Svenja Ryan and Postdoctoral Investigators Giovanni Dematteis and Christoph Renkl pose at the finish of Falmouth in the Fall, a 7.2 mile race along Woods Hole and Falmouth’s…
Read MoreGlen Gawarkiewicz Presents “Sea Monsters from Classical Times through the Age of Exploration”
PO’s own Glen Gawarkeiwicz presents Sea Monsters from Classical Times through the Age of Exploration” as a special Halloween Treat!
Read MoreAn evaluation of eight global ocean reanalyses for the Northeast U.S. continental shelf
Carolina Castillo-Trujillo, A., Kwon, Y.-O., Fratantoni, P., Chen, K., Seo, H., Alexander, M. A., & Saba, V. S., 2023. An evaluation of eight global ocean reanalyses for the Northeast U.S.…
Read MoreOn the vertical structure of deep ocean subinertial variability
Toole, J. M., Musgrave, R. C., Fine, E. C., Steinberg, J. M., & Krishfield, R. A., 2023. On the vertical structure of deep ocean subinertial variability. Journal of Physical Oceanography. …
Read MoreIncreased melting of marine-terminating glaciers by sediment-laden plumes
McConnochie, C. D., & Cenedese, C., 2023. Increased Melting of Marine-Terminating Glaciers by Sediment-Laden Plumes. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(20), e2023GL103736. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103736 Measured melt rate (blue circles, left axis) and the entrainment coefficient estimated…
Read MoreMechanisms of tropical Pacific decadal variability
Capotondi, A., McGregor, S., McPhaden, M., Cravatte, S., Holbrook, N., Imada, Y., Sanchez, S., Sprintall, J., Stuecker, M., Ummenhofer, C., Zeller, M., Farneti, R., Graffino, G., Hu, S., Karnauskas, K., Kosaka,…
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